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I ran into an odd problem with the saved chat options last night.
I use an extra tab in the chat pane that defaults to my SG's global channel. I saved the chat settings on an existing character, then loaded them on a new character. The extra tab showed up, with all the right channels listed, but with no default set. It looks like the save isn't capturing the channel default, at least for custom tabs.
Has anyone else seen this problem?
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Wow... simply.... wow. I'm astounded, and will be telling my husband that the last three issues were carried on the backs of 15 people. I knew it was bad after the support layoff and seeing people being tapped for other projects, but I never knew it was that bad!
Now where is that Temple to BABs again? Does it have little statues to the others too? I have some of my old EQ and my husbands old WOW games to go make offerings with.... a copy of Morrowind... and some AD&D 2nd ed: Skills and Powers books... Some CCG cards (But you absolutely cannot have my Doomtowns) and lastly, some high sugar and high caffeine snack foods to keep you strong. -
Quoth my husband: Some people just don't realize how beautiful and glorious the 80s were, but we love them anyway.
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I'm really excited about the Hollows revamp. My next few new characters will be running through the Hollows, and I plan on exemping my high levels down through a bit just for fun.
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You know.... my money is on pistols for blasters. Because people have begged for it.
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Woot! I like the Hollows every now and then but the missions are always a pain to get through, I may go back now!
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QFT. The Hollows needed help in a bad way.
I wonder if it was the number of people doing straight sewer team/paper missions 1-15 that convinced them? -
/em does a happy dance
Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!
I loved the invasion. I fight invasions every chance I get. I'll drop one of my missions (when solo) in a hot minute to run to an invasion.
Thankyou
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Wow.
OK, it took a couple hours but I just finished reading them all.
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Devs: Since quite a few of us will not be able to attend the wedding for whatever reasons, usually because we can;t all fit in the zone
How about someone recording this and then posting up in the news section for all to enjoy?
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We will have media available of the special live wedding event between Manticore and Sister Psyche (as run by Sean and Jen Dornan-Fish the real life couple behind the pair) so that everyone can relive what is sure to be a magical moment in City of Heroes / Villains lore.
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Thank you so much. With only 300 people (minus those enacting it) being able to get in, many will be disappointed. Plus those of us who just won't be able to make it.
I've been begging all over Liberty server for someone, anyone to take screenies and post them... this is such a relief.
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On the money issue:
They probably NEED the money. Think about it. They just bought out the game and brought talent back into the fold. I had wondered how they could afford to do that and keep the game afloat on simply continuing sale of GvE and our $13-15/mo fees. I was actually waiting for the next expansion pack. I just didn't expect it to be this (it does seem sparse) or to be this soon.
Bottomline: I think they need an influx of cash to keep the game afloat. I don't see this as a continuing trend. -
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$9.99 for some stupid wedding clothes and throwing rice emotes....LOLZ!
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Most of those costume pieces are going to be customized into costumes for me after Valentines Day, oh how I see the possibilities.
Hubby didn't know what to get me for Valentines Day.
Now he will. Flowers die. I'll enjoy this for a LONG time. -
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Ok, Havent been on the game yet, but I just finished checking out the patch notes... everything looks ok, but this caught my eye.
"Taunt Aura powers, such as Invincibility, no longer accept Taunt IO Set Enhancements. "
Is this a joke? Am I reading this right!? No taunt IO sets in taunt auras?!?!?! What's up with that?!?!?!
I tought taunt IO sets were MADE for taunt powers. Taunt toggles being THE ONLY powers that could justify 6 slotting a taunt IO set. I mean, who is going to 6 slot taunt?!
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I agree with the first part... but in answer to the second question, such tanks exist.
I did. I six slotted taunt, and have had taunt 6-slotted since the 20s on my tank long before IOs, 2 range/2 taunt/2 recharge. The ability to consistently peel a group of mobs off the silly blaster all the way across a large cave while maintaining aggro on the first group with 6-slotted invincibility and 6-slotted whirling hands and 3 slotted barrage (each of those with 1 taunt in it) was important to me. With enough focus on taunt, I didn't need to "herd", these powers brought it all to ME.
Still, taunt sets no longer going into taunt auras makes me sad. /respec please.
Big kudos on the Combat Attributes - I love seeing what my powers and enhancement sets are doing, and the live changes as I play. -
Virtue:
Blaster 37 - 42 (Two LGTF on Invincible team of 8)
Liberty
Scrapper 34-35 (missions solo)
Defender 37-38 (mission, invasion, large team)
Defender 50 (Katie Hannon and Manticore TFs for influence)
Tank 50 (solo streetsweep for influence)
Pinnacle
Blaster 49-50 (missions large team)
Scrapper 18-20 (missions solo and duo)
Scrapper 17-18 (missions duo)
Controller 17-18 (missions duo)
Played, slept, cooked and fed husband. Played some more.
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The Master Double XP Plan:
8PM Thursday-Piss off wife.
This is so she won't want to spend anytime with me and that leaves me free to play. Of course my alone time will greatly depend on the level of her anger. I gotta make it good...but not too good, just long enough to last about 2 days.
10:30AM Friday-Be late for work. My schedule is flexible like that.
3PM Friday-Leave work early. Like I said, the schedule is flexible like that.
4PM Friday-Arrive home with kid in tow from the daycare. Give him a snack. Turn on Doodle Bops so he won't bug me.
4:30 Friday-Log in
3AM Saturday-Go to sleep.
7AM Saturday-Wake up. No Hygiene stuff this day. I go straight to the PC. I can shower later.
8AM-until Saturday-Play the CoH and avoid my wife's piercing stare all day...ignore everyone else...except the dog...he has to have his bio breaks.
8AM Sunday-Wake up for church and play CoH before I'm late. I think God understands.
12PM Sunday-Arrive home from church. Don't get undressed. Play CoH in a 3 piece suit the remainder of the day.
10PM Sunday-Apologize to my wife for being a jerk. Make sweet sweet make up love.
10:05PM Sunday-Back to CoH until I pass out.
Double XP Weekend Successful!
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Dude.. that was hilarious. However, I did dig deeper in the forums and found this disturbing post:
Wife's Anti-Double XP weekend:
Thursday
6pm -Expect erratic and strange behavior from husband... He'll do whatever he can to get PC time.
Friday
Morning - Not worried about the AM, downtime maintenance will bore him, and he'll head into work in hopes to get out earlier.
3pm- get home before husband. Have a great evening planned cook his favorite meal. Have a greeting card next to his plate telling him how much he is appreciated.
4pm-greet him and junior at the door, tell him that tonight would be a great night to have a family night. Even break out "candy land" and "chutes and ladders"
8pm- put junior to bed. And make husband watch "Driving Miss Daisy" and "Terms of Endearment"
11:45am- after soaking up the tears, hold him while we both fall asleep
Saturday Morning
6am- get showered and have breakfast ready.
7am- Wake up husband tell him that he has 1 hour to get ready before babysitter arrives. Hand him his suit and remind him about my 2nd cousin's wedding.
8am- Oh No! We forgot a gift! Spend 2.5 hours walking the mall trying to pick out "something special"
11am-2 hour ceremony? Wow.. They really outdid their selves
1pm- Drive an hour away to see the beautiful landscape where they chose to have their pictures taken
2pm-introduce husband to relatives that he will probably never see again
3pm- Drive an hour back to reception hall
4pm- Dinner and Dancing... How nice
9pm- spend an hour saying goodbye to everyone
10pm- head home
10:30pm Get home and tell husband that Im tired, and ask him to bring babysitter to her father's house 2 towns over.
Sunday
12am- Husband comes home to find me on the computer. I had no time in the day to get my work done, so I am finishing it now. I should be done in a couple hours.
... Wait for the snoring, and then go to bed
6am- Shower, clean house
7am- wake up husband and tell him to get showered and dressed. I invited my parents over for breakfast
8am- Parents arrive and have breakfast
9am- Father Invites husband out for a surprise, he tells him that they don't ever have "male bonding time"
10:30am- Arrives at an Ice fishing location and spend hours telling my husband old war stories while they catch nothing at all.
4:30pm- husband and father come home to supper and a few hands of Cribbage
6pm Tell Junior that Dad is going to take him to Chucky Cheese!
8pm- husband comes home with a sleeping kid and a paper crown on his head
8:15pm- Spend QT time with husband
8:19pm- when we are done, Tell husband that I need to finish my work on the computer and say "Just think... Next week... we have absolutely nothing planned!"
Bummer Dude!
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Husband/Wife Double XP Weekend:
Live on computer, delivery pizza, foraging in kitchen, and catnaps....
It's great when we both play.
I don't have any definite plans save to get my 49 blaster to 50, beyond that I'll probably be pushing characters past uncomfortable spots to key levels (like stamina, tier 9 powers), and just raking in the sweet, sweet double prestige on lowbies or influence on my 50s. -
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Steele, I swear upon this Dungeon Master's Guide that someday my SG will have an event worthy of PERC help.
Do geographical meet n' greets qualify for you guys?
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As an old and current DM and player myself, I swear that if you extend an invitation.... -
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[q]Promoting up to the same level as you should have a confirmation prompt since you can't undo that action (and since it can happen due to lag or an accidental keypress on the right-click menu)[/q]
[q]The auto-promotion system is seen as a bit to arbitrary. A lowest rank can too easily gain sole control of a whole group. Can the system prioritize higher ranks?[q]
No kidding. I just lost an SG of 1 1/2 years in the building and nearly 4 mil in prestige to a 3rd rank. Somehow ended up with the SG, the base editor decided to skip over four 2nd rank officers to give it to her. And it's hidey-ho, off we go into the sunset because support says it's our fault for recruiting her.
Yes, we deserved to have our stuff stolen... but not our base.
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I totally forgot about the Moon Hazard Zone, Yes Once again I would love to see it come to life. Glad to see you back to posting.
Valor
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Damn. Now you found me doing the moonwalk in the moon zone.
I'll have to find someplace else to hide.
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/em hugs Golden Ace
Welcome back! We have missed you!
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I agree 100% with the above post. I would run this trial more, with zip for a reward, if it was UNLOCKABLE without the 'correct level' player holding the star.
Fix it already. It's 2007. For the love of Statesman's baby, please!
We the players shouldn't have to leave a character in stasis in this level range just to start this trial for our friends as a "fix" because the devs "haven't got the time". -
Hm, voting is over, votes don't count anyway. Oh well. Too bad Elektronite, guess you got mugged.
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Splasher Contest! Vote the best screens now!
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I didn't bother voting for "Best Hero Login" and "Best Hero Select" screens because the ones I thought best weren't on the voting list.
Elektronite - First Rikti Invasion
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Elektronite - Reactor Room
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Another effect of the Invasion change - not enough people know it's happening since they miss the messages, too few people fighting to spawn heavies. No badges for that. No accolade either.
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Vanguard Alerts:
ADMIN Channel - No way to block it, too many whiners about it, whiners win.
SYSTEM Channel - Blends in, lots of players had this totally removed from tab already so they could read the chat that (see above referenced whiners complaining about being spammed out) they wanted to. Now everyone who wants to go to invasions has to put SYSTEM up and be constantly spammed by SYSTEM messages. All the messages, all the time so we can spot that End-of-LGTF invasion.
New solution - Hijacking the FRIENDS channel sounds like a good idea. Does anyone still use this?
For now, I have to change the chatboxes on every character I have, on 3 servers to watch SYSTEM messages.
It was already hard to keep track of all of what I wanted, even after pulling out all the COMBAT and HEALS to its own separate tab, REWARDS to a tab, and NPC to a tab. I only actively watch "talk" in my chat boxes and that is already too much. At least I could see ADMIN channel red invasion messages. -
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Well, I know a lot of people complained about the invasion messages being on that server alerts channel, but I personally have no idea why. Moving the announcements to the system channel is incredibly dumb. Before, there was a bold red alert that was easy to spot and in a channel where there was no other traffic. Now it's in a channel where there is a TON of traffic from combat, team changes, etc. This makes it extremely difficult to see the alerts about invasions. Add this to invasions only occurring once in a while and you have a recipe of only catching invasions if they happen to start while you're passing through a zone. I would think an alien invasion warrants better attention than subtle chance, it made much more sense before today's patch.
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I posted this same point immediately after this hit test. The complaints apparently are louder and more important than Vanguard's air raid sirens and an alien invasion of Earth. A Skull making threats as you run by is more noticeable in text than an invasion alert now. And all is well.... not. -
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A number of players have expressed their concern with the use of the Admin chat channel to announce Rikti zone invasions. We wanted to let you know that we are aware of the concerns and working to address it.
Thanks for your feedback and continued support!
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Putting this is SYSTEM guarantees it will be buried and those who want to see it and aren't lucky enough to be in the zone WILL miss it.
For example, every time a critter is defeated by you, your teammate, anyone in your vicinity there is a system message. Among other system messages. Try spotting invasion messages in THAT.
(There is a reason I don't even have system on my primary windows, and instead have it on another tab with "combat stuff". I tried adding it in preparation for the upcoming change that is on test just to see what it would be like and promptly removed it again within minutes.)
I understand the complaints of the people who don't like it being in ADMIN, even if I don't agree with them, there are enough of them that clearly there needs to be an adjustment to how this is handled.
This is a bad fix. Try another channel. Add another channel (yes, yes, I've heard you can't for programming reasons). Give us a sixth global channel then, and give the admin system speaker only priviliges. Something! This defeats the purpose.
Late Saturday night, when server population was low, I was only able to find one other player to help me defend Founders Falls against the Invasion. We both came to the zone for the event. Founders had two people in the zone at the time, one went into University, the other left the zone. (The resulting fight made for some interesting screenshots)
Don't turn Invasions into nonevents by making it impossible for those of us who want to come to know it's happening.